Geography -- Politics and power -- Nature -- Culture and sports -- People and populations -- Lifestyle and health -- Industry and transport.
Foreword / Ian Wright -- Introduction : GEOGRAPHY : 1. Identity crisis: What even is North America? -- 2. Hawaii is a really long state: Comparing it to the West Coast puts it in perspective -- 3. Global scale: If your state or province were a country, what size by area would it be? -- 4. Alas, Alaska: Big, weird, and wonderful -- 5. Counties that count: Giving a few across the US their due -- 6. Drawing outside the lines: Baffling North American borders -- 7. Doing a double take: City pairs to leave you second-guessing -- 8. Just keep swimming: The first country you'll reach, coast to coast -- 9. The inner banks: Canada's great island lakes and lake islands -- 10. On dry land: States and provinces not touching an ocean, gulf, or bay -- 11. The 8 greatest lakes in North America: Plus 7 pretty good ones -- 12. The United States of Washington: Every place named after the first president -- 13. Rhode nation: If every state were the size of Rhode Island, there would be 2,457 states -- 14. Name dropping: City names, then and now -- 15. A river runs beside it: US natural borders -- POLITICS AND POWER : 16. Madam Governor: Number of women governors by state or province -- 17. Belles of the ballot: When women gained the right to vote -- 18. Engendering equality: The ongoing struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment -- 19. Red California and blue Texas?: Presidential election results since 1856 -- 20. Worth the visit?: States the candidates made time for during the 2020 general election campaign -- 21. "Did Not Vote" ends winning streak: A historic turnout finally beats the lack of turnout -- 22. States that picked the greats: Predicting the pantheon of best presidents -- 23. The price of leadership: Salaries of North American heads of state -- 24. Land of equality?: If every state's population had Wyoming's representation in the Senate -- 25. Coaching all the way to the bank: The highest-paid public employee by state -- 26. Monroe's lament: The dependencies of North America -- 27. Bang for the buck: Who pays the most for their military? -- 28. Living on the edge: 2 out of 3 Americans live within 100 miles of the border -- 29. Where service comes first: Proportion of veterans by state -- NATURE : 30. Missing the forest for the trees: The can't-miss trees of North America -- 31. Dog days: When does the hottest day of the year fall? -- 32. Spring hasn't sprung: Punxsutawney Phil predicts late blooms -- 33. Land before time: The greatest dinosaur finds in North America? -- 34. Our biggest hits: North America's largest impact craters? -- 35. Above the fruited plain: The highest elevation in each state? -- 36. And now, the weather: North American weather extremes? -- 37. Caving the day: Cavernous wonders across North America? -- 38. Supervolcano: When Yellowstone blanketed the US and Canada in ash? -- 39. Perma-lost: The Last Glacial Maximum compared to today? -- 40. Where darkness reigns: The dark skies still left for pristine stargazing? -- 41. Singled out: Endangered or threatened species that live entirely within one state? -- 42. A second act: North American species that have staged comebacks? -- 43. Let there be light: Local time of sunset on the summer solstice? -- 44. 44 Don't let the sun go down on me: Local time of sunset on the winter solstice? -- 45. Too much time on my hands: Hours of daylight on the summer solstice? -- 46. Not enough time in the day: Hours of daylight on the winter solstice? -- CULTURE AND SPORTS ? : 47. Tallest, fastest, steepest: Record-setting amusement parks and rides of North America? -- 48. Ones for the books: Iconic moments in North American sports? -- 49. Take me out to the crowd: The 20 largest North American stadiums by seating capacity? -- 50. Topping the charts: The place names that appear in Billboard No. I song titles? -- 51. Black American firsts: The places where they made their names? -- 52. Don't drop the ball: The less-famous things that drop (or rise) on New Year's Eve? -- 53. How the stacks stack up: The 20 largest physical public library collections in the US? -- 54. Magnificent museums: The 20 most popular museums in North America by attendance? -- 55. Hometown heroes: Hall-of-famer birthplaces in the 4 major sports leagues? -- 56. The Midas brush: The most expensive paintings of North America? -- 57. Go see a Frank Lloyd Wright building: Every one of his publicly accessible works Bees expertise: Winning Scripps National -- 58. Spelling Bee words by winner's home state -- 59. All together now: The all-time largest gatherings these cities have ever seen -- 60. Where the stars are born: Where every Best Actor and Actress Oscar winner hails from -- 61. What are you looking at?: The highest-rated programs on US TV -- 62. Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!: Every show they played in North America -- PEOPLE AND POPULATIONS -- 63. His name is my name, too: Most common surnames by state or province -- 64. Native lands in native hands: Indigenous population by state or province -- 65. Where we're coming from: Most common countries of origin outside the US by state -- 66. American pie charts: Origin of residents by state -- 67. Birds of a feather: Most common cross-state migrations -- 68. Brightest lights, biggest cities: The top 10 most populous US cities over time -- 69. Balancing act: America's population centers of gravity -- 70. Homes away from homes: Where people have second homes -- 71. Homes all around, but not a place to stay: Number of second homes per unhoused person -- 72. The extremely Big Apple: 38 states have smaller populations than NYC -- 73. The language barrier: Percentage of households speaking only English by county -- 74. Turtle Island: Indigenous homelands in 1491 -- 75. Strangers in their own land: Indigenous homelands today -- LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH : -- 76. Wafflography: Number of Waffle Houses by latitude -- 77. Fast food diet: Which states are a drive-through lover's paradise? -- 78. Getting the runaround: How fast recreational runners finish a marathon by state -- 79. One for the ages: Median age by state -- 80. Looking up to her: Female height in North America -- 81. He's the tops: Male height in North America -- 82. Men are from Alaska, women are from Puerto Rico: Gender ratio by state -- 83. Running from the chapel: Unmarried population by state -- 84. Finding my happy place: Quality of life, happiness, and well-being in North America -- 85. I'm coming out: LGBTQ acceptance in North America -- 86. American tragedies: Accident mortality by state -- 87. America, the next generation: Birth rates by state -- 88. Down and out: COVID-19 anxiety and depression -- INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT : 89. Expansive spans: The 10 longest bridges in North America -- 90. Lost at sea: Famous shipwrecks in North American waters -- 91. Who's got the goods?: The 50 largest ports in the US -- 92. Get out of town!: How far one day of travel took you from NYC, since 1800 -- 93. Moving on up: The 50 tallest buildings in North America -- 94. Bumper to bumper, coast to coast: How long it takes to get to work by county -- 95. In the driver's seat: How America gets to work -- 96. Don't bank on it: The unbanked people of North America -- 97. Road hogs: The longest roads in the US, Canada, and Mexico -- 98. Cattle call: In which states are you likelier to run into a cow than a person? -- 99. T-minus 15 spaceports: Launchpads across the US -- 100. America offline: Who doesn't have Internet
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